Invalidity · first instance · 2024-05-29
000122095
Contested design: 015019759-0001
Outcome
The invalidity application is upheld, the contested RCD is declared invalid, and the holder must bear costs fixed at EUR 750.
Show verbatim operative text
1. The application for a declaration of invalidity is upheld. 2. Registered Community design No 0150197590001 is declared invalid. 3. The holder bears the costs, fixed at EUR 750.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs of €750
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Dambat Jastrzębski Spółka komandytowo-akcyjnavia PDF extraction
Poland (PL)
Adamów 50, 05825 Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland
Represented by
Helena Beata Gajek
Holder · RCD owner
Firma Handlowa IN-HOME Justyna Siudek
Poland (PL)
Tczewska 1, 86170 Nowe, Poland
Prior art cited (2)
pumps for liquids
RCD No 0089825080001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2022-05-10
pumps for liquids
RCD No 0089274790001 · Community Designs Bulletin · disclosed 2022-06-22
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The applicant sought invalidity for lack of novelty and individual character, relying on earlier RCDs D1 and D2 for pumps for liquids.
- ›The holder challenged D2's admissibility and argued the contested design was new and created a different overall impression because of color, labelling, cable components, and functional constraints.
- ›The Division accepted D2 as sufficiently identified and disclosed, and found the designer's freedom for pumps for liquids was limited only in certain functional respects.
- ›Comparing the contested design mainly with D2, the Division held that the similar form and configuration outweighed the differences, so the design lacked individual character and was invalidated.
Deciding panel
- MemberLudmila ČELIŠOVÁ
- MemberIvanka IVANOVA
- MemberAlvaro SESMA MERINO
Decision files
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